Gun Trivia

I'm procrastinating.


- 9x39 AS VAL may seem like a bad weapon, but it's subsonic and APHC for 'free'. If you reverse the formula to achieve an FMJ Supersonic round, it has solid 5d pi damage - highly theoretical mind you. SR-3, AS VAL variant without suppressor, would have Bulk -4*, Acc 4, 3d(2) pi- or 5d pi damage.

- 9x21 SR-1 Gyurza fires APHC bullet by default with damage dice resembling that of a 9x19 pistol. APHC bullets for 9x19 are extremely rare IRL, except in Russia where such option exists and was developed alongside 9x21. Regardless, if we assume that 9x21 is APHC by default, then it costs $0.4 per APHC shot. FMJ shot in that case costs only $0.2. With an extremely low price of gun and ammo, it is a serious sidearm option.

- Five-seveN in High Tech erroneously lists it as firing "same APHC ammo as P90". P90 entry states that it's bullet is AP, and repeats such statement two times, listing both FMJ stats, AP stats and AP stats fired out of a civilian gun. Converting the 5.7 damage dice of 2d+2 (2) pi- back to FMJ from AP, we get 4d-1 pi- bullet. Combining that with APHC bullet, we get 4d-1 (2) pi-, damage equal to that of MP7. Similar execution can happen to P90, whose FMJ shot would do 4d pi-. I think that makes both guns extremely viable.

- Tactical Shooting permits most guns to be converted to curious ammo types, including 12G to 10G, 9x19 to .40 S&W, .40 S&W to 10mm Auto etc. Most of the curious conversions are blocked by maximum increase of x1.2, but with certain persuasion you can have your GM allow you to convert an M16 to 6.8 Barret for that speed 6d-1 damage (G3A3 and such should work without GM fiat), or 7.62x51 battle rifles to .300 Remington Ultra Magnum (Dmg 9d+1 with no rcl increase!)

For MP5 lovers, converting MP5/10 to .357 SIG reduces rcl to 2 in exchange for reducing pi+ wounding to pi.